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Phrases

‘But your best plan of action is to exercise self-control and do nothing.’

‘I encourage you to explore all your options and talk to several different kinds of professionals to decide your best plan of action.’

‘After all, your time and resources are limited, so spending them wisely, even at the cost of other areas, is going to be your best plan.’

‘If you're nearing retirement, you may be thinking that your best plan is to take up smoking, heavy drinking and motorcycle stunts.’

‘But his best plan would be to go to a team down and out at the quarterback position - Chicago, Cincinatti and Carolina come to mind - and make his own mark where the expectations are far less.’

‘I will leave you now to start to think on this and your best plan of action.’

‘The Pakistan board wanted faster pitches for them but their best plan now would be to prepare turners.’

‘The task force concluded that it's best plan of action is to have a ‘lean staffing model’ in which ‘excellence’ is placed ahead of volume and compensation is, thus, high.’

‘It was sunny, it was mild, and there was a delicious refreshing breeze just about all day, so it seemed our best plan would be to stay home and enjoy it.’

‘Probably their best plan, however, is to ignore him and hope that no one will notice what he says.’

go according to plan

Happen as one arranged or intended.

‘The first combination that set off brought down the telephone wires in Steeple Ashton but after that there was more room and it all went according to plan.’

‘For the next few years things went according to plan, and then in the year 1854, passengers on the ship Blanche were found to be suffering from cholera.’

‘An East Lancashire economic leader today said that, if things went according to plan, work on the site could start within 15 months and the course could be complete in 2008.’

‘As a project manager, I know too well that when you operate in a tight time frame, no matter how much you plan, nothing goes according to plan.’

‘‘After all these delays I was so pleased that I never worried, and everything went according to plan,’ he said.’

‘Everything had been planned for and everything went according to plan.’

‘But the married father-of-three, who has 22 years' experience, is confident that arrangements will go according to plan.’

‘The president and her family were on hand all day to make sure that everything went according to plan - even going as far as bringing umbrellas to some golfers who didn't like the rain!’

‘Security officials say everything went according to plan.’

‘This festive season, Sofia will be bathed in light if the decoration arrangements of the Sofia municipality go according to plan.’

plan of action (or attack)

An organized program of measures to be taken in order to achieve a goal.

‘He said that every company, regardless of what area it is in, should formulate a plan of action to deal with a crisis.’

‘They have a common strategic aim but have no plan of action on the tactical level.’

‘These five goals were discussed to determine a plan of action to achieve them.’

‘We spoke further and I think I helped to get him to think more positively about himself, and I helped him to formulate some basic plans of action that he needs to pursue in order to get his life back on track.’

‘We bring in a project manager with the expertise to assess the situation, formulate a plan of action, and get the project completed.’

‘We are going to meet today to decide a plan of action but we will organise a date for a public meeting at the end of August.’

‘Once you find a likely partner, formulate a plan of attack that includes long- and short-term goals you'd both like to accomplish in the gym.’

‘With respect to the forethought phase of self-regulation, the primary participants continued to set goals and devise plans of action for navigating their college-level courses.’

‘The document, however, failed to detail any environmental goals or plan of attack.’

‘I am going to do some serious rethinking about my plan of attack regarding my diet and exercise program.’